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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy. From trade wars to trade deals, this podcast covers trade developments with insights and economic analysis from two of the world's top trade geeks.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSoumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy. From trade wars to trade deals, this podcast covers trade developments with insights and economic analysis from two of the world's top trade geeks.
Recent episodes include "207. What happened on Trump’s tariff day" (4 April 2025, 29 minutes), "206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump" (16 March 2025, 42 minutes), and "205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China" (11 March 2025, 34 minutes).
Trade Talks publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 210 episodes.
Booking probability for Trade Talks is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Trade Talks requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Trade Talks's contact route on record: verified email.
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Trade Talks is a news podcast with 210 episodes published.
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Episode #207
Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times) joins to cohost an emergency episode explaining President Trump’s sweeping April 2 tariff announcement. Bown and Keynes turn to Douglas A. Irwin on history, Maurice Obstfeld on the US...
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (City University of New York) joins for a wide-ranging conversation on historical lessons as well as some new thinking about international trade, the “agglomeration economies” driving...
Episode #205
A potential US-Ukraine critical minerals agreement is only the latest effort to address security concerns over US sourcing of critical minerals from China. America’s previous top diplomat for critical minerals, Geoff...
Episode #204
Europe had a rocky ride during President Trump's first term, but it was largely spared from significant tariffs. The world is different this time around. Former European Commission trade official Rupert Schlegelmilch...
Shipments of small packages from China have skyrocketed, but the de minimis policy that excludes them from tariffs may end. Chris Casey (Congressional Research Service) joins to explore the history of the US de minimis...
Episode #202
President Trump first imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum in 2018, but this time it's different. Ana Swanson (New York Times) joins to explain (32:23).
Tariffs from the new President call for an emergency relaunch of the longstanding trade podcast. Aime Williams (Financial Times) joins to explain what happened with Canada, Mexico, and China (29:50). Read more…
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Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.
The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?
When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.
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What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.
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How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.
Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?
Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?
A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.
Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?
As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.
How Brazil’s trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.
What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.
How South Korea’s Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.
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